We are doing a holy service by remembering the dead, and preserving history.

I think we all have a piece of the puzzle and if everyone contributes, questions will be answered.

This a wonderful site for remembering people. Peoples lives are fascinating and they deserve to be remembered and documented.

Please remember we are not just entering names or stones, but real people. Please ask yourself if your memorial is search-able. All memorials should have last names. Women who never marry, and children don't have maiden names. There is no maiden name unless the name changes. Also please do not use ().

Please do NOT create duplicates.

If you notice any mistakes, please let me know, and I will be happy to fix them. Nobody is perfect, we are all fallible human beings mostly doing the best we can at the moment.

We are merely stewards of 'our' memorials - we manage them and are entrusted with their care and maintenance, but we do not technically 'own' them.

Please free to use any of my photos with appropriate citations. Will also add updates, -the more info, the better. I don't have a policy about transfers - ask and we can work it out.

"A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." (author unknown)

Mark HerronHello my name is Eugene.THANK YOU OH THANK YOU for creating the memorial for Mark Herron!I wonder if his ashes were interred anywhere?If they were I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT his resting place and pay my respects.

Rachel ChurchwellSo many people have no headstones and this couple has two at different cemeteries. Tomorrow I will look for my directions for creating a link from mine to the other one. I am not sure what else to do with this info.

RE: Hannah GallagherDon't forget to contact the State of Michigan to support the efforts of China Twp. to have the graves from this abandoned cemetery moved to the Balfour Cemetery which is close by and maintained by China Twp. The headstones & graves are falling into the Belle River. China Twp would like to move the burials & remaining headstones & place a memorial marker @ Balfour for those unmarked.

Would you mind transferring Louisa's memorial over to me for management. Next week I plan to pull apart the archives ledger books and see what I can find out about her siblings and parents. This person should have some sort of relatives. Thanks.